AIADMK’s K Maragatham and DMK’s G Selvam were the key candidates in the fray in 2019 election.
Kancheepuram Lok Sabha Election Results 2019: DMK's G Selvam is on track to notch a big victory in this constituency. He led by 1.68 lakh votes over AIADMK's K Maragatham.
Election Kancheepuram constituency was held on April 18 in the second phase of Lok Sabha election 2019. Polling in 38 out of 39 parliamentary constitueTamil Nadu will be held in the second phase.
Kancheepuram seat is reserved for scheduled castes candidates. AIADMK’s K Maragatham and DMK’s G Selvam were the key candidates in the fray in 2019 election.
Kancheepuram Lok Sabha Constituency profile
Tamil Nadu has a total of 39 parliamentary constituencies where 7 of them including Sriperumbudur, Chidambaram, Rasipuram, Pollachi, Perambalur, Tenkasi, and Nagapattinam have been reserved for candidates representing scheduled caste community. However, no seat here has been reserved for Scheduled Tribes.
The AIADMK once again banked upon K Maragatham against DMK’s G Selvam. The latter was defeated in 2014 election by Margatham with a margin of close to 1.5 lakh votes.
AIADMK and DMK, the two major parties in Tamil Nadu, had entered into an alliance with a number of parties in 2019 election.
AIADMK contested the election in alliance with BJP, PMK, DMDK, Tamil Maanila Congress, Puthia Tamizagam, Puthia Needhi Katchi and NR Congress. While the DMK aligned with Congress, CPI(M), CPI, MDMK, VCK, IUML, KMDK and IJK.
The district has an average literacy rate of 85%. Kancheepuram houses a total number of 3,999,000 people according to 2011 census.
Kancheepuram Lok Sabha constituency 2019 candidates
AIADMK: K Maragatham
DMK: G Selvam
Naam Tamilar Katchi: D Sivaranjani
Bahujan Samaj Party: D Sekar
Kancheepuram Lok Sabha results in 2014 and 2009
2014: K Maragatham of the AIADMK received 499395 votes and he defeated G Selvam of the DMK who only got 352529 votes.
2009: Perumal Vishwanatha of the Congress received 330227 votes. He defeated Dr E Ramakrishna of the ADMK who only got 317134 votes.
The state of Tamil Nadu has 39 parliamentary constituencies out of which seven are reserved for SCs (Sriperumbudur, Chidambaram, Rasipuram, Pollachi, Perambalur, Tenkasi, and Nagapattinam). However, no seat is reserved for Scheduled Tribes in the state.
In 2019, EC had cancelled the election in Vellore constituency after a large sum of cash was allegedly seized from a DMK candidate's office in Vellore, therefore, out of 39, polling took place in 38 Lok Sabha constituencies only.
List of all 39 parliamentary constituencies in Tamil Nadu
Tiruvallur, Chennai North, Chennai South, Chennai Central, Sriperumbudur, Kancheepuram, Arakkonam, Vellore, Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri, Tiruvannamalai, Arani, Viluppuram, Kallakurichi, Salem, Namakkal, Erode, Tiruppur, Nilgiris, Coimbatore, Pollachi, Dindigul, Karur, Tiruchirappalli, Perambalur, Cuddalore, Chidambaram, Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam, Thanjavur, Sivaganga, Madurai, Theni, Virudhunagar, Ramanathapuram, Thoothukkudi, Tenkasi, Tirunelveli, Kanniyakumari.
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